Wole Soyinka: “I Never Endorsed Any Presidential Or Governorship Candidate”

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has dismissed claims that he had endorsed any presidential and governorship candidate ahead of the February elections. In a piece titled, ‘Identity Thieves and the 2015 Election Peace Accord,’ Soyinka warned those spreading the rumour of his purported endorsement of politicians “to be less gullible, and avoid becoming cheap conduits for the deception industry.”

According to him, “Let me thus seize the occasion of the Abuja accord to state categorically that I have never made a statement endorsing any presidential or governorship contestant. All such attributions are fabrications by faceless, often self-appointed agents of deception, and should be publicly pilloried. Whenever I choose to declare support for a candidate – as is my electoral right – I shall ensure that I deploy a medium that places my authorship beyond dispute.”

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Deji Sadiq, a.k.a DEJI OF LAGOS is a LASU trained Economist turned freelance journalist, a Blogger, an information strategist, a public affairs analyst and a committed activist with a passion for equal opportunities.